Fireplace.



PATENI'ED JAN. 14, 1908.

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PATENTED' JAN. 14, 1908.

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FIREPLACE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 0,1907.

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HARRY M. WALKER, OF MAPLESVILLE, ALABAMA.

FIRE PLACE Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed April 9, 1907. Serial No. 367,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, HARRY M. WALKER, citizen of the United States,residing at Maplesville, in the county of Chilton and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireplaces, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire place heaters and has for its object toprevent the great amount of warm air being drawn from the room by fireplaces as originally constructed.

A further purpose of the invention is to facilitate the removal of ashesso that the hearth may be kept clean and free from any accumulation ofashes which is a source of hindrance to the fire besides admitting ofdust flying in the air and settling upon furniture, draperies and thelike.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and ac companying drawings.

l/Vhile the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditionsby changes in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fire place embodying the invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section of the fire place on a central line as indicated by3*3 of Fig. 2 showing the ash pan removable from the box upon the insideof the wall. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the ash panremovable from the box through the rear wall.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The fire place is of ordinary appearance being built in and comprising aback, sides and an open front. The distinguishing feature resides in thehearth 1 which is substantially on a level with the ground and issupplied with a removable grate 2 supported upon ledges or restsextended inward from edges bordering upon an opening formed in thehearth, the grate being flush at its top with the hearth. A grid 3 isarranged beneath the grate 2 and is slidably mounted in ways 4 pendentfrom the .grate and constitutes a damper either to shut ofi the draftfrom below, or to regulate the draft according as it may be required tohave the fire burn more or less briskly. The provision of the gratesubserves a two-fold function, viz: to form a support for logs, therebyobviating the necessity of providing the usual andiron,

and secondly to provide an escape for ashes and an inlet for air tosupport and promote combustion.

A box 5 is provided beneath the hearth 1 and may have an opening eitherat the front or in the rear according as the air is to be supplied frombeneath the floor or from the outside through the back of thefire-place. The box 5 besides forming an air chamber also provides anash pit and may receive a pan 6 into which the ashes drop through thegrate to admit of the ashes being conveniently removed from time totime.

As shown in the drawings it is oontemplated to place the hearthsubstantially on a level with the floor and both the box 5 and ash pan 6are located entirely below the level of the floor. The ash pan 6 may beremoved or placed in position either from the front or rear of the boxas may be found most desirable according to the location and conditions.In Fig. 4 the wall at the back of the fire place is shown as providedwith an opening through which the ash pan 6 is removable, while in Fig.3 the said ash pan is shown as removable through the front of the box 5.With this latter construction the front portion of the hearth 1 isprovided with an opening 7 through which the ash pan may be lifted abovethe floor or placed in position within the box. This opening 7 isnormally closed by means of a cover 8 which is flush with the hearth andmay be provided with a lifter opening 9 to receive any conventional formof implement such as are used for removing stove covers and the like.

By adjusting the grid or damper 3, air may be supplied to the fire frombelow, either from beneath the floor or from the outside, therebypreventing exhausting the warm air from the room for supportingcombustion. As the ashes form, they drop through the spaces between thebars of the grate and grid and are received in the ash pit or the ashpan 6 arranged in the pit or box 5. The ashes accumulating in the panare removed from time to time in the manner herein stated.

It will be understood that when the fire place is used for burning logsor wood, no support other than the grate 2 is necessary since such grateadmits of the air reaching the logs and which is the sole purpose of theandirons or like supporting means commonly provided for holding the logsslightly elevated when burning.

Having thus described the invention,

10 What is claimed as new is:

A fire place comprising a back, sides and an open front, a hearth havingan opening in the rear portion thereof and also provided with a secondopening in the forward 15 portion thereof, the said hearth being subgrate and provided with an open side, and 20 an ash pan slidably mountedwithin the box and removable through the open side thereof and thesecond mentioned opening in the hearth.

In testimony whereof I ai'hx my signature 25 in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY M. WALKER. Witnesses:

JOHN I. ENsIGN', R. G. PRATT.

